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Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
3-Day Training Event on Youth Leadership & Community Development Programme of NYKS Starts Today
Barrackpore, February 26, 2019
The Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan , South Kolkata under Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports is organising a three-day training workshop on Youth Leadership & Community Development programme. The workshop started today at Monirampur Fishery Research Institute under Barrackpore sub-division of North 24 Parganas. The workshop was inaugurated by Shri Nabin Kumar Nayek, State Director, NYKS. The workshop will end on February 28, 2019.
In his inaugural speech, Shri Nayek said, the youths coming for training in this workshop will be made aware of the various flagship programmes of the Union Government as well as the schemes of the State Government. The youths will also be sensitised on how to enhance capacities of young people to take leadership in respect of community development and welfare activities. The workshop will also deal with the ways the young people may achieve employment avenues.
Total 40 youths from the different parts of West Bengal as well as several youth organisations are participating in this training-based workshop.
Ministry of Jal Shakti
GIS Mapping of Water Bodies
Keeping in view the presence of multiple agencies for handling water in the state governments and limited availability of technical knowledge on appropriate Rain Water Harvesting Structure  at local level, States Governments including the District Magistrates  have been requested to set-up “Jal Shakti Kendras” in every district as a part of Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch the Rain  campaign. These Jal Shakti Kendras are set up to work as “knowledge centres” for disseminating information related to water conservation techniques and to provide technical guidance to people. As per data available on portal for JSA:CTR, so far 264 Jal Shakti Kendras have been set up in various states.
Ministry of Jal Shakti has also launched the first Census of water bodies in convergence with the Sixth round of Minor Irrigation Census  with the objective of census of water bodies and to develop a national database of all water bodies in the country.
Under India-WRIS project, around 7.99 lakh water bodies of size more than 0.01 ha. was mapped using satellite imageries of 2009-10 and made available online on the India-WRIS portal. Using satellite imagery, National Remote Sensing Centre has also been mapping nationwide water bodies at regular intervals of time depending on their size.
Under the Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch the Rain campaign implemented by the National Water Mission, Ministry of Jal Shakti, the District Magistrates/Collectors have been asked to enumerate with the help of old revenue records and using remote sensing images from NRSA and GIS mapping technology all existing water-bodies/ water harvesting structures, mark their boundaries, geo-tag them, integrate available data from NIC-MI census, National Water Informatics Centre , State Water Resources Information systems and using the data for preparing Scientific Water Conservation plans. NWM has prepared guidelines for preparation of GIS based water conservation plans and inventory of water bodies of districts and forwarded it to all the districts for its implementation.
This Information was given by the Minister of State for Jal Shakti, Shri Bishweswar Tudu in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
PIB Headquarters
DISTRIBUTION OF ASSISTIVE AIDS AND APPLIANCES FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITES IN VILLUPURAM TOMORROW
Central government has recognized differently abled persons as an integral part of Human Resource and is committed towards Persons with Disabilities  in the country. Standing by the commitment towards empowerment of Persons with Disabilities  a camp for free of cost distribution of Assistive Aids and Appliances under the ADIP scheme of government of India held at District Polcie Ground ,Villupuram, Tamilnadu . The Camp organized by Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation of India , working under the aegis of Department Of Empowerment Of Person with Disability, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India in close association with District Administration, Villupuram.
The event with a large gathering of over thousand people was inaugurated by the Chief Guest Shri Krishan Pal Gurjar, Hon’ble Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Government of India presided by Thiru C.Ve.Shanmugam, Hon’ble Minister for Law, Courts & Prison, Mines and Minerals ,Government of Tamilnadu in august presence of Dr.L Subramanian, I.A.S., District Collector ,Villupuram , Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss, Hon’ble Member of Parliament , Dr.Pon Gautham Sigamani , Hon’ble Member of Parliament , Thiru D .Ravikumar Hon’ble Member of Parliament  and other dignitaries.
A total of 2414 Persons with different kind of disabilities  to be provided 4087 numbers of aids and assistive devices manufactured and distributed by ALIMCO valuing over Rs. 1.75 Crores  under the ADIP scheme of Government of India in the camp. These beneficiaries were pre identified during the assessment camps conducted last year between 22nd Oct to 12th Nov, 2018.
Modern contemporary Aids and Assistive devices were distributed in the camp which includes 23-Smart Canes, 7-Smart Phone for Visually Impaired 309-ADL Kits  for persons affected from Leprosy .Among various other assistive aids and devices provided in the camp were 492-Tricycles, 279-Folding Wheelchairs,648-Crutches , 305-Walking Stick, 64-Rollators for Orthopedically Impaired persons 101-Braille Cane & Braille Slate, 01-Cervical Collar, 622-Behind The Ear – Digital Hearing Aid machines and 472- MSIED Kit  for Children with Special Needs. Also in the camp 389 beneficiaries were facilitated with Prosthesis and Orthosis rehabilitation aids.
Local representative, dignitaries and senior officers from the ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, District administration and ALIMCO were present during the function.
Ministry of Micro,Small & Medium Enterprises
CoEK to organize an exhibition and a Fashion Show ‘Aheli Khadi’ at NIFT Gandhinagar on 11th September, 2022
Khadi for Fashion
Khadi for Nation
Khadi for Transformation
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi's pivotal call has been the core objective of the Centre of Excellence for Khadi  to position Khadi as a Fashion Fabric. It has been a constant effort of the Prime Minister to promote Khadi for all, especially the beacons of our society- the youth.
With the intention to reach out to young audience and global market, the Center of Excellence for Khadi  was conceived by the Ministry of MSME to support Khadi and Village Industries Commission  in association with the National Institute of Fashion Technology. Set up as a hub and spokes model at Delhi as hub; Bengaluru, Gandhinagar, Kolkata and Shillong as spokes.
CoEK is presenting an exhibition and a Fashion Show ‘Aheli Khadi’ at the Tana Riri Auditorium, NIFT Gandhinagar at 6:00 pm on Sunday, 11th September 2022.
The show will be graced by the presence of the Chairman of KVIC – Shri Manoj Goel as chief guest. The show will be attended by KVIC officials, academia, designers, industry members, and students.
Aheli meaning pure has originated from the quest of CoEK to provide genuine khadi, sourced directly from the khadi institutions to design for pan generational consumer. CoEK designers have designed six distinct collections of apparel and sarees ranging from ethnic, fusion, western and casual look. Hand embroidery, stitch detailing and hand block printing has been used to add value to the exquisite khadi.
Home linen collections have been designed with Khadi fabrics of different weights and yarns combining Indian crafts with an International look to position Khadi as Global. These products include cushion covers, runners and table linen.
The aim of CoEK is to promote and pitch Khadi at a relatable, high design level, it also wishes to encourage use of khadi as an environmentally sustainable fabric to replace non-biodegradable unsustainable product in the domain of home and apparel.
Ministry of Defence
Inauguration of Technical Accommodation Block of Southern Command Military Dental Centre
Pune, 05 January 2023
Lt Gen AK Singh, AVSM, YSM, SM, VSM, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Command inaugurated the New technical accommodation block of Command Military Dental Centre of Southern Command. This facility is dedicated towards the service of patients.
Commandant Command Military Dental Centre of Southern Command & Command Dental Adviser, Maj Gen Vineet Sharma, VSM, briefed about the positive impact that the new infrastructure will have on patient care services over the coming decades. The long- awaited improvement will free the care providers from sharing constrained work spaces and perform specialist and complex procedures in dedicated surgeries. The accommodation includes specialised areas for implant supported rehabilitation, Day Care Surgery, Conscious sedation based and LASER based procedures. The accommodation also houses an advanced dental laboratory. In addition, technical training for all ranks of dental disciplines will receive a fresh impetus with this facility coming info function.
On the occasion the GOC-in-C, appreciated the facilities installed in the new complex and expressed confidence that oral health care at the dental centre will get a quantum impetus. He complimented the unit team for bringing up the functional aspect of this new complex in a short period of time.
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Cabinet approves MoU between India and Russia on Bilateral Cooperation in the Road Transport and Road Industry
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the Memorandum of Understanding  between India and Russia on Bilateral Cooperation in the Road Transport and Road Industry. The MoU will be signed during the upcoming visit of Russian President to India.
In order to develop and establish formal platform for cooperation in the Transport and Highways sector, a Memorandum of Understanding in the field of Road Transport and Road Industry has been jointly negotiated and finalized by both countries.
Both the countries will benefit by mutual cooperation in the field of Road Transport and Road Industry. Increased co-operation, exchange and collaboration with Russiawill contribute to establish a long-term and effective bilateral relationship of communication and cooperation in road transportation and road industry and Intelligent Transport System . This will also help in planning and administration of road infrastructure and road network management, transport policy, technologies and standards for the construction and operation of highways in the country and will further go a long way in strengthening ties and bilateral relations between India and Russia.
Background:
India and Russia enjoy long-standing relationship and have maintained strong economic ties at a strategic partnership level. Russia has developed technological solutions for satellite based tolling solutions. Similarly, they have also adopted advanced intelligent traffic management systems including crash reporting/ monitoring systems. Considering Russia's proven experience in adoption of technology in the road transport sector, it would be beneficial to learn from such best practices through close interaction. India is implementing at a rapid pace its highway infrastructure augmentation plans. To make full use of the road infrastructure it is necessary to embrace technology to enhance transport productivity and safety. This will also help in reducing overall logistic cost. India's own plans for massive highway and expressway infrastructure development can be attractive opportunity to infrastructure development entitles in the Russia. A partnership between the two countries will provide a platform for interaction at the operational level and supplement initiatives associated with all International groupings and forums where both countries are members.
UPSC
Result of Civil Services  Examination, 2020 for Admission in Indian Forest Service  Examination, 2020
On the basis of screening test held through Civil Services  Examination, 2020 on 4th Oct., 2020, the candidates with the following Roll Numbers have qualified for admission to the Indian Forest Service  Examination, 2020.
The candidature of these candidates is provisional. In accordance with the Rules of the Examination, all these candidates have to apply again in the Detailed Application Form-I  for IFoS  Examination, 2020 which would be available on the website of the Union Public Service Commission https://upsconline.nic.in All the qualified candidates are advised to fill up the DAF-I for IFoS as per the prescribed mode i.e. ONLINE and submit the same ONLINE for admission to the Indian Forest Service  Examination, 2020 to be held from Saturday, the 28th February 2021 to Sunday, 7th March, 2021. The DAF-I will be available on the Commission’s website from Monday the 16thNovember, 2020 toFriday the 27thNovember, 2020 till 06.00 PM..Important instructions  will also be available on the website. The qualified candidates have to first get themselves registered on the relevant page of the website before filling up the ONLINE DAF-I. The qualified candidates are further advised to refer to the Rules of the Indian Forest Service Examination, 2020, published in the gazette of India  dated 12-02-2020 of Ministry of Environment Forests and Climate Change.
It may be noted that mere submission of application form does not, ipso facto, confer on any right for admission to the Indian Forest Service  Examination. The e-Admit card along with the Time Table of this Examination will be uploaded on the Commission’s website for the eligible candidates 3-4 weeks before the commencement of the Examination. Changes, if any, in the postal address or e-mail address or mobile number after submission of the DAF-I may be communicated to the Commission at once.
Candidates are also informed that marks, cut off marks and answer keys of screening test held through CS Examination, 2020 will be uploaded on the Commission’s web site i.e., https://upsconline.nic.inHYPERLINK "http://www.upsc.gov.in/" only after entire process of the IFoS Examination, 2020 is over i.e. after the declaration of final result of this Examination.
The Union Public Service Commission have a Facilitation Counter near the Examination Hall Building in its Campus. Candidates may obtain any information/clarification regarding their result of the above mentioned examination on all working days between 10.00 Hrs. to 17.00 Hrs. in person or on Tel. No. 011-23385271, 011-23098543 or 011-23381125 from this Facilitation Counter. Candidates can also obtain information regarding their result by accessing Union Public Service Commission Website https://upsconline.nic.inHYPERLINK "http://www.upsc.gov.in/".
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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
COVID-19 UPDATE
220.4 cr Total Vaccine doses  have been administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive
2,11,833 doses administered in last 24 hours
India's Active caseload currently stands at 1,842
Active cases stand at 0.01%
Recovery Rate currently at 98.81%
108 recoveries in the last 24 hours increases Total Recoveries to
4,41,50,057
109 new cases recorded in the last 24 hours
Daily positivity rate 
Weekly Positivity Rate 
91.53 cr Total Tests conducted so far; 1,48,464 tests conducted in the last 24 hours
Ministry of Defence
Indian Navy Continue Relief Ops in West Bengal in aftermath of Cyclone Yaas
The Relief Control Centre at INS Netaji Subhas, in coordination with West Bengal State Emergency Operations Centre  as well Local Administration, have concentrated their Relief & Rescue Operations in Digha and Fraserganj, the two highly inundated low lying Coastal Areas since the landfall of Cyclone 'Yaas' AM 26 May 21. The Seven Indian Navy Teams comprising two Diving and five Flood Relief Teams  have remained at the forefront of relief activities. The Team at Fraserganj, was deployed AM 27 May to Narayanpur Village, about 30km away, for Rescue and Relief Operations despite heavy rains and inclement weather. The Team was also employed to search for survivors of a reportedly capsized Boat, which was later found to be three displaced Navigational Buoys. The Team at Digha operated in villages in the vicinity of Digha, viz Khadalgobra, Alankarpur, etc, and undertook Road Clearing operations and distributed aid to few needy people.
Ministry of Finance
Auction for Sale  of ‘5.09 per cent Government Stock, 2022’, Auction for Sale  of ‘5.77 per cent GS, 2030’, Auction for Sale  of ‘GoI Floating Rate Bonds, 2033’, and Auction for Sale  of ‘7.19 per cent Government Stock, 2060’
The Government of India  has announced the Sale  of  ‘5.09 per cent Government Stock, 2022’ for a notified amount of Rs 3,000 crore  through price based auction,  ‘5.77 per cent GS, 2030’ for a notified amount of Rs 18,000 crore  through price based auction,  ‘GoI Floating Rate Bonds, 2033’ for a notified amount of Rs 4,000 crore  through price based auction, and  ‘7.19 per cent Government Stock, 2060’ for a notified amount of Rs 5,000 crore  through price based auction. GoI will have the option to retain additional subscription up to Rs 2,000 crore against each of the above securities. The auctions will be conducted by the Reserve Bank of India, Mumbai Office, Fort, Mumbai on August 14, 2020  using multiple price method.
Up to 5% of the notified amount of the sale of the stocks will be allotted to eligible individuals and Institutions as per the Scheme for Non-Competitive Bidding Facility in the Auction of Government Securities.
Both competitive and non-competitive bids for the auction should be submitted in electronic format on the Reserve Bank of India Core Banking Solution  system on August 14, 2020. The non-competitive bids should be submitted between 10.30 a.m. and 11.00 a.m. and the competitive bids should be submitted between 10.30 a.m. and 11.30 a.m.
The result of the auctions will be announced on August 14, 2020  and payment by successful bidders will be on August 17, 2020 .
The Stocks will be eligible for “When Issued” trading in accordance with the guidelines on ‘When Issued transactions in Central Government Securities’ issued by the Reserve Bank of India vide circular No. RBI/2018-19/25 dated July 24, 2018 as amended from time to time.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Union Health Minister Shri Mansukh Mandaviya releases Post Covid Sequelae Modules
“These modules will provide guidance to doctors and health care workers to deal with the issue of long term effects of COVID”: Shri Mandaviya
“If the Frontline workers are equipped with proper knowledge and training, they can become a valuable resource in this fight against post-COVID challenges”: Dr Bharati Pravin Pawar
Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Shri Mansukh Mandaviya released Post COVID Sequelae Modules in the presence of Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar, Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare. These modules will help in building the capacity of the doctors, nurses, paramedics and community health workers across India to deal with long term effects of COVID.
Expressing his happiness on the release of guidelines, the Union Health Minister said that these have been prepared to provide guidance to doctors and health care workers to deal with the issue of long term effects of COVID. He said that proactive and comprehensive treatment of COVID is required to ensure minimum side effects and no negative effect of the treatment.
He further added, “We have witnessed the consequences of Post-COVID effect in patients due to taking higher doses of steroids like cases of Mucormycosis. It is important to take medicines, with less or negligible side effects. If we are alert beforehand, it will be fruitful in tackling the future consequences of COVID. The perceptions related to Post-COVID that are perpetuating in our society like fears, mental health issues resulting due to COVID are important to be tackled. So, it’s important to understand these Post-COVID issues and resolve them. Efforts have been made by the resource persons across the country for the management of these post COVID complications to prepare post COVID sequelae modules. These are very specialized modules prepared by keeping in mind various fields of Healthcare Professionals.”
Speaking on the occasion, Dr Bharati Pravin Pawar emphasized on the need to tackle mental health issues and to reach the last mile. She said, “This Pandemic has put an unprecedented challenge on our Health and Health Care System. Mental Health Care is a big challenge for a country with such a large population. We need to build our capacity to tackle this challenge of mental health. If the Frontline workers are equipped with proper knowledge and training, they can become a valuable resource in this fight against these post-COVID challenges. When we are trying to equip ourselves to fight against post COVID consequences, it’s also important to take these to the last mile. The training modules for mental health and other issues have been prepared based on the needs expressed by state health experts.” She added that we should all work together to ensure that COVID-19 becomes the last human Pandemic.
Shri Rajesh Bhushan, Secretary, MoHFW, Dr. Sunil Kumar, DGHS and other senior officers of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare were also present.
Ministry of Jal Shakti
Shortage of Clean Drinking Water
Since August, 2019, Government of India in partnership with States is implementing Jal Jeevan Mission  – Har Ghar Jal to make provision of potable water to every rural household of the country by 2024, through tap water connection at a service level of 55 litre per capita per day , of prescribed quality , on regular and long-term basis.
At the time of announcement of Jal Jeevan Mission, out of 18.93 Crore rural households, 3.23 Crore  households were reported to have tap water connections. So far, 5.93 Crore  rural households have been provided with tap water connections in last 30 months. Thus, as of date, out of 19.31 Crore rural households in the country, 9.16 Crore  households are reported to have tap water supply in their homes.
The water sources inter alia which include groundwater , ancient & traditional surface water  and rain water stored in small tanks are being used as sources for drinking water supply schemes. Further, provisions for taking up augmentation and strengthening of local & ancient drinking water sources in convergence with other schemes at village level viz. MGNREGS, 15th Finance Commission tied grants to Rural Local Bodies , Integrated Watershed Management Programme , State schemes, District Mineral Development Fund, CSR funds, community contribution, etc. have also been envisaged under the JJM.
In addition, provisions have been made for drinking water source development/ strengthening/ augmentation; and infrastructure for bulk transfer of water, treatment and distribution systems in water deficit drought-prone and desert areas without dependable ground water sources, apart from creation of in-village water supply infrastructure.
Further, important measures taken by the Central Government for conservation, management of ground water and effective implementation of rain water harvesting in the country are available in public domain at:
http://jalshakti-dowr.gov.in/sites/default/files/Steps_to_control_water_depletion_Feb2021.pdf
This Information was given by the Minister of State for Jal Shakti, Shri Prahlad Singh Patel in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.